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How To Enjoy Avocados

Happy Technique Tuesday! This week, Abigail at The Soul of Health is talking about avocados – what they are, when they’re ripe, how to cut them, and how to eat them! For even more resources and recipes, head on over to Avocado Central.

What’s your favorite way to eat an avocado? I love them plain – just a buttery slice all on its own. When it comes to recipes, Cooking Light’s avocado, cherry tomato, mango salad is a hit in my house. You just toss the fruit together with fresh lime juice, sea salt and sliced green onions.

Here’s Abigail’s post!

Technique Tuesday: How to Simply Enjoy Avocados

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Today’s Technique Tuesday is all about the incredible edible avocado!

Avocados are an amazing source of healthy fats and provide us with a ton of vitamins and minerals! If you ever wondered about avocados; how to slice, dice, eat or fun facts (that may or may not be useful)… This post is for you!!

5 Fun Avocado Facts:

Avocados are virtually the only fruit (yes, I said fruit) that contains monounsaturated fats.

1/5 of an avocado is a serving size with only 50 calories, 20 vitamins & minerals and 1g>

Avocados are a GREAT first food for babies: They have a smooth, creamy consistency and they are low allergenic (as well as packed with nutrients for your babe).

Have you ever wondered if the avocado variety is pronounced HASS or HAAS? HASS rhymes with PASS, and was named after the gentleman that founded the variety. COOL!

They have been around forever!! The oldest evidence of avocado consumption was found in a cave in Coxcatlan, Mexico between 7000-8000 BC – Holy wow!

Dessert:

And last but certainly not least, here is wonderful recipe that goes great on top of chicken, salmon, or as a delicious mango-avocado salsa says Toby Amidor, national nutrition expert and author of the forthcoming cookbook The Greek Yogurt Kitchen. Check out her YouTube video for Hass Avocado here.